Table 3. Apparent ileal digestibility (AID) and apparent total tract digestibility (ATTD) of weaned pigs fed diets with positive control (PC), negative control (NC), and NC + 0.02% dietary protease (PRO) supplementation diets1)

Items Dietary treatment2) SEM p-value
PC NC PRO Diet
AID
  Dry matter (%) 79.64a 75.82b 79.18a 0.45 < 0.05
  Crude protein (%) 75.17a 72.37b 76.28a 0.36 < 0.05
  Energy (%) 80.89a 76.89b 79.65a 0.43 < 0.05
ATTD
  Dry matter (%) 86.48 85.89 86.52 0.46 0.565
  Crude protein (%) 83.79a 82.72b 84.11a 0.19 < 0.05
  Energy (%) 88.51 87.28 88.26 0.49 0.215
Each value is the mean of 5 replicates (6 pigs per pen).
PC, CP = 22.36% (phase2); NC, 0.61% less CP than PC.
Means with different letters represent statistical significance (p < 0.05).